"Not My Blood": The Statement That Saw Chirag Paswan's Uncle Turn On Him

For months, Pashupati Kumar Paras had shared with close aides how he felt betrayed by Chirag Paswan just days after the death of his older brother Ram Vilas Paswan.

Pashupati Kumar Paras, the man behind the coup in the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), could never quite get over the "humiliation" of nephew Chirag Paswan ordering him to retract a statement praising Nitish Kumar. Yesterday, he may have salvaged some of his injured pride. Chirag Paswan waited for an hour and 45 minutes outside Pashupati Paras's door to meet him but returned disappointed. For months, Mr Paras had shared with close aides how he felt betrayed by "Deepu" just days after the death of his older brother Ram Vilas Paswan, Chirag's father. "Tum mere khoon nahin ho sakte (you can't be my blood)," Chirag Paswan shouted at his uncle in front of his mother Reena Paswan , cousin Prince Raj and aide Saurabh Pandey.